The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page 45
... consent and con- ditional engagement on the part of Great Britain , and then , less than two years ago , repaired to Washington . The president and secretary of state individually favored his proposition , but the jealousies of parties ...
... consent and con- ditional engagement on the part of Great Britain , and then , less than two years ago , repaired to Washington . The president and secretary of state individually favored his proposition , but the jealousies of parties ...
Page 89
... consent . ' After paying a handsome compliment to the wide - awakes , Mr. S. proceeded : " I have been much affected by the kind and cor- dial greetings of my old democratic friends and neighbors , emigrants from the banks of the Cayuga ...
... consent . ' After paying a handsome compliment to the wide - awakes , Mr. S. proceeded : " I have been much affected by the kind and cor- dial greetings of my old democratic friends and neighbors , emigrants from the banks of the Cayuga ...
Page 102
... consent to become a free state . She has , with vast dimensions , a soil as fertile and skies as genial , and a position for commerce as favorable , as those with which God has blessed any part of the earth . She has need , however , to ...
... consent to become a free state . She has , with vast dimensions , a soil as fertile and skies as genial , and a position for commerce as favorable , as those with which God has blessed any part of the earth . She has need , however , to ...
Page 103
... consent , any one of them , to be a slave , any one of them to make a slave , any one of them to hold a slave , or consent that any foot of their territory shall be trodden by a slave , or by a man who is not equal to every other man in ...
... consent , any one of them , to be a slave , any one of them to make a slave , any one of them to hold a slave , or consent that any foot of their territory shall be trodden by a slave , or by a man who is not equal to every other man in ...
Page 124
... consent an ally , if we will not allow her to come nearer . At least , she never can be an adversary . Will Mexico , or Nicaragua , or Gua- temala , or Ecuador , or Peru , all at once become magically cured of the diseases inherited ...
... consent an ally , if we will not allow her to come nearer . At least , she never can be an adversary . Will Mexico , or Nicaragua , or Gua- temala , or Ecuador , or Peru , all at once become magically cured of the diseases inherited ...
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